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TDS Center for Communication & Social Learning

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TDS Center for Communication & Social Learning

We improve communication...one voice at a time. Our array of speech services offer your family and your child options for support and intervention.

The TDS Vision

As a company of dedicated professionals, our ongoing mission is to help each client achieve greater quality in everyday life by improving his or her communication skills. By sharing our process with families and caregivers, we are able to build on existing strengths and provide ready instruction and focused support for each client. In this way, we address specific areas of need and work to create feelings of success for each individual. TDS is unique in a number of ways. We pride ourselves on the close relationships we develop with families, and we look at each client as a person with strengths as well as needs. We believe that communication skills must be addressed, encouraged and reinforced in all environments—and one of the key aspects of our success is a dedication to building a family’s understanding and to guiding their participation in our clinical processes. We believe that consultation among colleagues is of great benefit to our clients. Our close-knit group of therapists has a wide range and depth of diagnostic and therapeutic experience that helps support our ability to address all aspects of our clients’ needs. TDS has also worked hard to develop strong relationships beyond our offices by maintaining close contact with many medical and educational professionals in the surrounding area. We believe our reputation to be one of clinical excellence as well as personal and professional integrity.

10/14/2025

Please read and share so we can fight this assault on Special Education. This is not a partisan issue...this is a human issue, a child centered issue and one that 1000% impacts someone you know. Please do not be silent in the face of this.

09/23/2025

At TDS Speech, we believe that families deserve clear, evidence-based information to guide important decisions about health, development, and community care.

We proudly stand on the side of science—supporting research, listening to experts, and advocating for practices that protect and empower families. This includes our strong support for vaccinations, which remain one of the most effective tools in protecting public health and creating safer communities for everyone. We feel this pertains exponentially more to the vulnerable and sometimes medically fragile children and families in our care.

Science is not about fear—it’s about FACTS, discovery, and informed choices. At TDS Speech, we strive to help families cut through misinformation, access reliable knowledge, and make decisions with confidence. By grounding our work in research and compassion, we ensure that programming, advocacy, and education truly meet the needs of children, adults, and families navigating communication and social learning.

Presently, research is being ignored and the conversation is shifting blame directly onto mothers. That’s harmful and untrue and more than a little disturbing. Autism is not caused by Tylenol use—it’s a multifactorial condition influenced by genetics and biology. Our Mamas are warriors spending hours upon hours supporting programming and doing whatever is needed for their children to succeed. We strongly and wholeheartedly denounce this baseless research and we stand with our TDS Moms and mothers everywhere. Stop. Blaming. Women. Just stop. Mothers deserve support—not baseless guilt rooted in misinformation. Let’s focus on facts, not fear.

We encourage all families to follow the research when making medical decisions that impact your children and our community at large. We must stand together against disinformation that can harm the most vulnerable among us. This moment is a call to conscience.

08/13/2025

07/24/2025

We love this socially affirming list that helps advance conversation and encourage communication!

07/22/2025

Thank you Springfield Thunderbirds for hosting one of our Entrepreneurial Groups today for our weekly Social Outing! We had a blast touring the locker room and Mass Mutual Center! GO BIRDS!

09/05/2024

We were so thrilled to be a sponsor for the Willpower Foundation and their annual golf tournament. So many families in Western Mass benefit from this tremendous organization. We proudly support their mission and the change they make in the lives of folks who need it...right here in Western Ma!

05/15/2023

Hello Friends of TDS! We are writing to ask a little favor that will also be a treat for you (we promise).

One of our amazing entrepreneurs, Michael, has started his own podcast called "Chatting with Friends"! He is doing some reviews of movies and TV shows that he loves and discussing the themes of each show and how they relate to being a good friend/good human. Michael has a goal of getting 50 subscribers for his podcast. Can you help us out and follow his podcast on Spotify?

Here is what you need to do:
1. Create a free Spotify account.
2. Search "Chatting with Friends"
3. Hit the Follow Button!
4. Leave us a 5 star review after you have checked out his awesomeness!

Thanks in advance for supporting his small business!

12/04/2022

At 8 years old, Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins joined the "Capitol Crawl" with other disability rights activists demanding passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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7 No. Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA
01002

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.tdsspeech.com/

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The TDS Vision As a company of dedicated professionals, our ongoing mission is to help each client achieve greater quality in everyday life by improving his or her communication skills. By sharing our process with families and caregivers, we are able to build on existing strengths and provide ready instruction and focused support for each client. In this way, we address specific areas of need and work to create feelings of success for each individual. TDS is unique in a number of ways. We pride ourselves on the close relationships we develop with families, and we look at each client as a person with strengths as well as needs. We believe that communication skills must be addressed, encouraged and reinforced in all environments—and one of the key aspects of our success is a dedication to building a family’s understanding and to guiding their participation in our clinical processes. We believe that consultation among colleagues is of great benefit to our clients. Our close-knit group of therapists has a wide range and depth of diagnostic and therapeutic experience that helps support our ability to address all aspects of our clients’ needs. TDS has also worked hard to develop strong relationships beyond our offices by maintaining close contact with many medical and educational professionals in the surrounding area. We believe our reputation to be one of clinical excellence as well as personal and professional integrity.